Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Tuesday Tip

The Time SinkThere are actions in my life which seem to act as a time sink. When I do these things, it's as if time speeds up and flows down a big hole. You know how it is...you sit down, you only mean to spend ten minutes or so...you look at the clock and half an hour has gone, or a whole hour - and it comes as a surprise or even a shock.

My Time Sinks are:Surfing the Internet:It's so interesting and I love doing research.Bootcamp forum:But only if I stop to answer a post.My Blog:Writing new posts eat up time quicker than anything!Writing:When I'm in the story and words are flowing.Talking to friends:In person or on the phone.Playing the piano:Like writing, it happens only occasionally.

Time sinks are not to be confused with those activities where I have a conscious awareness of time passing. These time-consuming activities are not nearly as enjoyable as Time Sinks.

Time Sinks pose a problem because I have a lot of committments.The only solution to Time Sinks is to set a timer.Often, I forget.

So, I'm wondering how you manage your time. Do you have time sinks? Does a timer work for you? Or have you found a different solution which works better?

I use it as a reward, Prue. I have a list I need to accomplish and at the end of the day I treat myself to some on-line time, like now. Tomorrow, *looks at clock*, ahem, today I'm going to go get more lessons downloaded for HTWAS. I'll work while those are downloading. :)